It’s Sunday, and I’m trying to recover from being in a wedding. You know how exhausting that is, right? Put on your bridesmaid dress and let someone put way more hair spray in your hair than should be legal. But it’s all to make the bride happy.
So, why am I talking about this? Our atmosphere is also a little exhausted! And a group called 350.org is trying to change that. I learned about them from No Impact Man, and thought I should spread the word.
The goal of 350.org is to put more pressure on our political leaders …read more

I was talking to a friend the other day and it struck me that the words I use to talk about things don’t always make sense to people who haven’t been as involved in environmental issues for very long.
Once you start getting involved in green issues you come across a lot of confusing terms — it’s just like learning any new topic except for that the learning curve surrounding green issues seem steeper.
There’s a lot to learn and at least to me it seems like people just expect you to know it right off the bat.
That said I thought we’d …read more